“My client has a lot of confidence in the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office,” Geloo says. “He has complete confidence they’re working hard on the case.”

Byrnes says Roldan has never reached out to the Decker family, and that few if any family members had ever met him. Investigators say Roldan saw Decker after she last saw her husband, who was returning to Afghanistan after military leave.

“What happened in their last meeting, we don’t know,” Byrnes says.

“It’s odd that someone falls off the face of the earth,” Byrnes says. “We’re just kind of watching and waiting and hoping.”